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GC Cell-Artiva-MSD¡¯s 'CAR-NK' co-R&D deal terminated

By Kim, Jin-Gu | translator Kang, Shin-Kook

24.06.28 05:09:56

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MSD notifies Artiva Biotherapeutics of licensing termination¡¦Artiva and GC Cell¡¯s research automatically ended

¡±Not obligated to return the upfront payment of US$15 million¡¦GC Cell and Artiva will continue the CAR-NK research¡±

 ¡ãDespite the recent termination of the collaborative R&D agreement with MSD, GC Cell and Artiva will continue their collaborative research on ¡®CAR-NK solid tumor treatment.¡¯

GC Cell and Artiva Biotherapeutic¡¯s collaborative research and development (R&D) agreement with MSD for ¡®CAR-NK solid tumor treatment¡¯ has been terminated.

MSD informed Artiva Biotherapeutic, GC Cell¡¯s U.S. subsidiary, of the contract termination. As a result, Artiva Biotherapeutic and GC Cell¡¯s research agreement has been automatically ended.

On June 25th, GC Cell announced a collaborative R&D agreement with Artiva Biotherapeutic for three treatments for CAR-NK solid tumors has terminated.

In January 2021, GC Cell signed a collaborative R&D agreement with Artiva for CAR-NK cell treatment targeting solid tumors. GC Cell received an upfront payment of US$15 million (

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